One Touch of Venus
One Touch of Venus

One Touch of Venus

7.3(3 votes)
1955
1h 19m
Music
Comedy
Fantasy
Romance
TV Movie

While touring a museum, Rodney Hatch, an unremarkable barber, places an engagement ring intended for his girlfriend on the hand of a statue of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. From Mount Olympus, Venus witnesses the event and decides to visit Rodney on Earth by magically inhabiting the statue. Hilarity ensues when she starts to fall in love with Rodney and competes with his girlfriend for his attentions. This television version of Kurt Weill's successful Broadway musical is much more faithful to the stage version than the 1948 Ava Gardner film, which changed the story considerably and cut most of the songs.

Production

NBC

Cast

Janet Blair

Janet Blair

Venus

Russell Nype

Russell Nype

Rodney Hatch

George Gaynes

George Gaynes

Whitelaw Savory

Laurel Shelby

Laurel Shelby

Molly Grant

Mort Marshall

Mort Marshall

Taxi Black

Iggie Wolfington

Iggie Wolfington

Stanley

Val Avery

Val Avery

Bus Starter

Len Doyle

Len Doyle

Officer

Arny Freeman

Arny Freeman

Anatolian

Peter Gumeny

Peter Gumeny

Second Trucker

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